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Scully's IGA Batehaven part owner Jim Scully lost his house in the New Year's Eve bushfires but slept in the car park and opened the store to feed the many trapped people in the area. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Retailer puts community first

Even if it was just black beans and two minute noodles Jim Scully and his business partners, who had lost their homes in the fires, knew they had to open the doors of their IGA for their cut-off town,

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The 21 deaths have occurred across NSW since October as a result of the devastating bushfires that have burned through more than five million hectares and destroyed more than 2100 homes.

Faces of heartbreak: Nation mourns 29 lives lost

Australia is mourning the deaths of 29 people, as the scope of the bushfire disaster continues to unfold. Today, The Daily Telegraph pays tribute to each victim from fathers and sons to firefighters to a newlywed couple who died side-by-side fighting to save their property.

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Malua Bay bushfire follow up. Rural Fire Service volunteer Steve Hillyar sits in front of the remains of his home on Blackbutt Lane in Malua Bay that was destroyed while he was out fighting the bushfires. Steve with some of his animals that survived the inferno including his chook and sheep. Picture: Toby Zerna

Homeless hero’s own bushfire hell

Volunteer firey Steve Hillyar was 24 hours into a brutal shift, going door to burning door in the seaside town of Malua Bay, unaware his own slice of paradise was burning to the ground. Only his chooks, three pigs and a sheep were still standing.

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